A cikin iyakokin Sonora da Chihuahua, inda tsaunukan tsaunuka da kyar suka bayyana alamun maza, ƙananan Pimas, zuriyar indan asalin ƙasar da suka mamaye wani babban yanki wanda ba na doka ba, suna zaune a ƙananan ƙauyuka, daga kudancin Sonora zuwa Gila River. Yayin aiwatar da mamaya da mulkin mallaka, sun rabu da theiran uwansu, waɗanda suka sami mafaka a cikin hamada.
Keɓewar da waɗannan al'ummomin suka yi rayuwa a ciki tana da kyau ƙwarai; Koyaya, a cikin 1991 Uba David José Beaumont ya zo ya zauna tare da su, kuma bayan ya san su da kuma sanin hanyar rayuwarsu, ya sami nasarar samun amincewarsu.
Uba David ya zauna a Yécora, Sonora, kuma daga can ya ziyarci garuruwan Los Pilares, El Kipor, Los Encinos da La Dura gida-gida. Mutane suna ta musayar al'adu, tarihin su, lokacin su, abincin su; kuma ta wannan hanyar ne ya iya fahimtar cewa wani ɓangare na al'adunsa da imaninsa sun ɓace.
A wancan lokacin ya je ziyarci Yaquis da Mayos na Sonora da Pimas na Chihuahua don sanin al'adunsu don haka zai iya taimakawa Pimas na Maycoba da Yécora don ceton nasu. Pimas da kansu sun gaya wa mahaifin cewa suna da raye-raye, waƙoƙi, bukukuwa, al'adu, waɗanda ba za su ƙara tunawa da su ba. Don haka ya kafa kungiyar makiyaya ta asali don neman duk wadanda suka sanya abubuwan daga abubuwan da suka gabata a cikin tunaninsu, kuma suka bi tatsuniyoyin da suka nuna hanyar da za a fara da kuma ceton al'adunsu da aka riga aka manta da su.
Daga adadi da aka wakilta a cikin kogon da ke cikin kewaye, wanda barewa ke bayyana akai-akai, dattawan guda ɗaya sun haɗa waɗannan hotunan da rawa da suke ikirarin an yi tsakanin kakanninsu. Yanzu, matan Pima suna kawo Rawan Venado zuwa cibiyar bikin su na asali kamar wani abu na musamman.
KUNGIYAR SAN SAN FRANCISCO DE BORJA DE MAYCOBA
Tsohuwar cocin Maycoba an kafa ta ne da sunan San Francisco de Borja a 1676. Masu wa’azin bishara na farko sune itsan Jesuit. Su, baya ga aikin bisharar da suke yi a yankin, sun gabatar da dabbobi da kayan gona iri-iri, kuma sun koyar da mutanen Pima dabarun noma.
Kusan 1690 akwai tawaye na Tarahumara akan Mutanen Espanya; Sun kona cocin Maycoba da Yécora kuma sun lalata su cikin makonni biyu kawai. Ba a san ko an sake gina su ba ko kuwa sun zama kango ne, tun da bangon adobe suna da kauri sosai da ba a lalata su gaba ɗaya. Theangaren da ba shi da lalacewa ya ci gaba da amfani da iyayen Jesuit har zuwa 1767, lokacin da aka kore su daga New Spain kuma ayyukan Pima suka shiga hannun Franciscans.
SULHUN SABON SARKI
Tunda Uba David ya isa Maycoba, abin da Pimas suka fi tambayarsa shine sake gina cocin. Don aiwatar da wannan aikin, dole ne ya yi tafiye-tafiye sau da yawa don neman taimakon kuɗi daga Hukumar Wutar Lantarki ta Tarayya, INI, INAH, Mashahuran Al’adu da hukumomin Cocin Katolika, har ma da samun izinin ginin kuma masu zanen gine-ginen za su zo su gani.
Tsohuwar cocin an gina ta da hannun Pimas a 1676; adobes an yi su da kansu. Don haka, Uba Dauda ya sami nasarar sake gina shi ta hanyar pimas na yanzu. Kimanin gumaka dubu 5 kamar na baya aka yi su da irin aikin na jiya, don gina sashi na farko na tsattsarkan wurin. An ɗauki asalin asalin tushe kuma daga nan aka bi sake ginawa: girma daidai da kaurin ganuwar kusan mita biyu faɗi, tare da tsayin mita uku da rabi. Effortoƙarin waɗannan pimas ɗin a matsayin magina yana da ƙarfi, musamman saboda suna son cocinsu ya dawo a cikin wannan karnin, inda yawancin al'adunsu ke gab da halaka.
TSOHUWAR PIMAS
Akwai kusan koguna 40 a duk yankin tsakanin Yécora da Maycoba, inda a da can Pimas suka rayu; a can suka yi sallolinsu da ibadunsu. Har yanzu akwai iyalai da ke zaune a cikinsu. An gano ragowar ƙasusuwa, tukwane, metates, guaris (mats), da sauran kayan gida a cikin su; kuma tsofaffin kaburbura, kamar wanda aka yi a Los Pilares, inda babban dangi ke zaune.
Akwai manyan koguna, da kuma ƙananan, inda jiki ɗaya kawai ya dace. Duk suna da tsarki, saboda suna kiyaye abubuwan da suka gabata. Mun ziyarci uku daga cikinsu: Cueva de la Pinta, inda akwai zane-zanen kogo. An isa ta hanyar hanyar daga Yécora zuwa Maycoba a 20 kilomita, kun shiga ta hanyar Las Víboras zuwa hagu (ta hanyar datti), sa'annan ku wuce ta cikin garken la Cebadilla, Los Horcones (minti 30, kusan kilomita 8); Lokacin da muka isa wurin kiwon dabbobi na Los Lajeros, mun bar motar mun yi tafiya na awa ɗaya, a tsakanin tsaunuka, jiragen sama da gangarowa masu saurin sauka. Washegari mun sake zagaya wasu kogwanni biyu a gidan gonar Las Playits: muna tafiya kilomita daya sai muka gano ragowar wata tsohuwar pima kuma daga nan muka tafi wani gonar inda Manuel da matarsa Bertha Campa Revilla suke zaune, waɗanda suka yi mana jagora. Muna takawa ƙasa da ƙasa, mun sami ƙaramar dam ɗin da suka yi don shanu, inda ya zama kamar iyo mai kyau. Da yake da wahalar zuwa kogon kuma ana buƙatar jagora, yana da kyau a nuna cewa Manuel da Bertha suna da gidan abinci a Kogin Mulatos, kilomita 26 daga Yécora zuwa Maycoba; Koyaushe suna nan, tare da abinci mai daɗi: machaca, tortillas na gari, wake na Sonoran, sabon cuku da cuku daga yankin Chihuahua, da abin sha na yau da kullun da ake kira bacanora.
BISHIYA TA FADA A YANKIN MAYCOBA DA YÉCORA
Tun lokacin da aka fara sare bishiyoyi a wannan yankin (muna magana ne shekaru da yawa da suka gabata), an lura da wannan matsalar a cikin tsaunuka har ma da rayuwar mestizos da 'yan asalin, tunda gandun daji rayuwar Pimas ce. Yanzu pines sun kare kuma suna ci gaba da bishiya mai matukar daraja a wannan yankin wanda shine itacen oak, mai girma da girma da kyau na ban mamaki. Idan aka ci gaba da sare bishiyoyin, itacen oak zai kare shi ma bishiyar, kuma kawai za mu ga tsaunukan hamada ne da kuma dabbobin da ke shayar da dabbobi. Idan waɗannan bishiyoyi na ƙarshe suka lalace, makomar mutanen Pima tana cikin haɗari; za a tilasta musu yin ƙaura zuwa manyan garuruwa don neman aikin yi.
PIMA LEGEND AKAN HALITTUN DUNIYA
Allah ya fara sanya mutane masu karfi da girma, amma wadannan mutane sun yi watsi da Allah. Sannan Allah ya azabtar dasu da ruwa (ambaliyar) suka gama. Sannan Allah ya sake yin su kuma mutane suka sake yin watsi da su; sai Allah ya aiko Rana ta sauko duniya. Labari ya nuna cewa lokacin da rana ta faɗi mutane sun tafi ɓoye cikin kogo don kare kansu daga ƙonewa har lahira. Saboda haka kasancewar kasusuwa a cikin kogo. Bayan haka mutane sun sake sabon salo, waɗanda suke Pimas na yanzu, amma suna cewa kamar yadda duniya ke tafiya abu ɗaya zai faru: Rana zata faɗi ta ƙone komai.
IDAN KA JE YÉCORA
Barin Hermosillo, zuwa gabas, zuwa Cuauhtémoc (Chihuahua), ta babbar hanyar tarayya ba. 16, kuna wucewa ta La Colorada, San José de Pimas, Tecoripa, Tonichi, Santa Rosa da Yécora (280 km). Daga Yécora zuwa Maycoba akwai sauran kilomita 51 akan wannan hanyar; Yana ɗaukar awanni 4 daga Hermosillo zuwa Yécora da awa 1 daga Yécora zuwa Maycoba.
